Things are swampy in the Okavango Delta region. Many of the trails that the game drivers normally use are flooded.
We’ve seen lots of interesting birds — several different species of eagles, geese, storks, kites, and others.
One of the most beautiful is a turquoise-breasted roller.
Otherwise, we’ve seen few new animals. One can only take so many photos of giraffes, zebra, and elephants. The same with warthogs, wildebeests, and Cape buffalo. And of course, the impalas are everywhere.
Two exceptions: Yesterday we saw a hyena coming from a kill, carrying the leg of a buffalo in its mouth! We were hoping to get wherever he came from in case there were still lions around the kill, but we couldn’t find it.
The second exception was a pack of 19 African Painted Dogs. These are NOT vizslas or any other pets! They are fierce hunters.
The pack was oblivious to our vehicles, even when the word of their location got out on the radio and 4 or 5 other vehicles arrived on the scene.
We later ran into them in the bush as they were in a hunt.
And still later, on our way back to camp, we came upon them after dark. Quite the show!
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